Lesson 213 Television 第二百一十三课 电视 (2)

Y: Dajia hao, Welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI. Wo shi Y.
B: And, wo shi B, ni hao Y. We're talking about TV this week. Of course we all know that radio is better, but TV's pretty good all the same.
Y: Let's check our key words of the day.

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Key words of the day:

Channel, 频道. Which channel? 哪个台,哪个频道。What time is it on? 几点开始? Turn on the TV, 打开电视。Turn off the TV, 关上电视. Are there any good programs on TV? 有什么好看的节目吗? All in today's Chinese Studio.

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B: Hey Y, there's a great program on soon. Turn on the TV. Oops, don't know how to say that.
Y: Mei shi, no problem. You can say 打开电视。
B: da3 kai1 dian4 shi4
Y: 打开 da3 kai1 means turn on,
B: da3 kai1,
Y: 电视 dian4 shi4 is TV,
B: dian4 shi4.
Y: 打开电视 da3 kai1 dian4 shi4
B: da3 kai1 dian4 shi4 turn on TV.

Conversation 1:

A: 电视剧几点开始?
B: 马上就要开始了,快打开电视!

Y: So, which channel B?
B: I've got the answer, but I don't know how to ask that question. Firstly, what's the word for channel?
Y: it's pin2 dao4.
B: 频道 pin2 dao4 And, which channel?
Y: 哪个频道?
B: nei3 ge4 pin2 dao4?
Y: 哪个 nei3 ge4 means which,
B: nei3 ge4
Y: 频道 pin2 dao4 means channel,
B: pin2 dao4
Y: 哪个频道 nei3 ge4 pin2 dao4
B: nei3 ge4 pin2 dao4 which channel?
Y: or you can say 哪个台 nei3 ge4 tai2, since tai2 also means channel.
B: nei3 ge4 tai2?

Conversation 2:

A: 你要看哪个频道?
B: 5 频道。

B: I want to catch today's news Y. What time is it on?
Y: In Chinese you can ask: 几点开始?
B: ji2 dian3 kai1 shi3?
Y: 几点 ji2 dian3 means what time,
B: ji2 dian3,
Y: 开始 kai1 shi3 means start,
B: kai1 shi3.
Y: 几点开始 ji2 dian3 kai1 shi3?
B: ji2 dian3 kai1 shi3? What time is it on?

Conversation 3:

A: 新闻几点开始?
B: 7点。

B: We've learned how to say turn on the TV. Let's not forget to turn it off. How can I say that?
Y: Try this, 关上电视 guan1 shang4 dian4 shi4.
B: guan1 shang4 dian4 shi
Y: Bu cuo, not bad. 关上 guan1 shang4 mean turn off,
B: guan1 shang4
Y: 电视 dian4 shi4 means TV.
B: dian4 shi4

Conversation 4:

A: 关上电视. 你该休息了。
B: 稍等一下,马上就完了。

B: Yajie, are there any good programs on TV? If not, I'll watch a movie. How do I ask it in Chinese?
Y: you can say: 有什么好看的节目吗?
B: you3 shen2me hao3 kan4 de jie2 mu4 ma?
Y: 有什么 you3 shen2 me means are there anything?
B: you3 shen2 me
Y: 好看 hao3 kan4 means good,
B: hao3 kan4.
Y: 节目 jie2 mu4 means program,
B: jie2 mu4.
Y: 吗 ma is put at the end of a question.
B: ma,
Y: 有什么好看的节目吗?
B: you3 shen2me hao3 kan4 de jie2 mu4 ma? Are there any good programs on TV?

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Key words reminder:
Channel, 频道. Which channel? 哪个台,哪个频道。What time is it on? 几点开始? Turn on the TV, 打开电视。Turn off the TV, 关上电视. Are there any good programs on TV? 有什么好看的节目吗? All in today's Chinese Studio.

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B: TV's off and it's time to disappear. Y, what's our question of the day?
Y: How do we say, "Which channel?"
B: And you could win yourself a prize. Mingtian jian.
Y: Until tomorrow.